Journal of the North: “Lelylijn closer than ever”

An interview with Stijn Lechner, project director of the Lelylijn. appeared in the Dagblad van het Noorden on Saturday, Aug. 26, 2023 .

The North has been lobbying for a direct rail line to Randstad since 1969. Will it succeed this time?

De Lelylijn is closer than ever. At the same time, the fast rail connection from Groningen and Friesland to the Randstad is still very far away and it will be exciting again around the November elections whether the new cabinet will put billions of extra euros on the table for it. Project director Stijn Lechner shows optimism.

Read the entire interview in the Dagblad van het Noorden here.

Photo:Jan Willem van Vliet